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GOALS: The goals of the committee are as follows:

  • Enhance community-wide conversation and action on ways Westford residents can demonstrate respect and take greater responsibility for ourselves, others, and the environment
  • Maximize community resources, reduce duplication of effort and calendar conflicts
  • Increase Westford's focus on strengthening relationships between our youth and caring adults across the community - providing a variety of safe support systems and resources
  • Create greater community awareness and focus, balancing community needs with individual needs
  • Demonstrate respect, understanding, and inclusion for all forms of diversity.
  • Encourage and promote activities and resources of Westford groups in achievement of the Mission, including but not limited to activities that:
      1. enhance communications and listening skills
      2. assist with coping skills
      3. support non-threatening and confidential assistance with personal problems
  • Increase the number of incidents of respect by promoting recognition of them ("random acts of kindness").
  • Identify and chronicle activities promoting a peaceable community.
  • Establish measures of effectiveness for the success of the Peaceable Community initiative.

Special Town Meeting Resolution (Adopted December 6, 1999)

Whereas the Town of Westford is growing rapidly with many new diverse families joining out community; and

Whereas the Westford School Department has recognized a need for enhancing a safe and supportive learning environment; and

Whereas the 1998 Emerson Hospital Youth Risk Behavior Study identified areas where additional resources are needed to assist families in addressing stress; and

Whereas Westford organizations are providing resources and programs to meet these challenges; and

Whereas a group of community leaders and residents have come together to promote a community-wide conversation on ways Westford residents can demonstrate respect and inclusiveness; and

Whereas the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee has endorsed the "Westford 2000-A Peaceable Community" initiative;

Therefore, be it resolved that the Special Town Meeting endorses Westford as a peaceable community built on respect, pride and responsibility for ourselves, for each other, and for the environment. In doing so, the Special Town Meeting encourages Westford Town boards, committees, commissions, staff and non-government organizations to establish environments and to create programs which are supportive, neighborly, and participatory in order to further enhance the level of civility, understanding, respect and inclusiveness within Westford.